Hair-curler



April 17, 1956 B. A. JUREWICZ HAIR-CURLER Filed NOV. 19, 1953 VII INVENTOR BY E ATTORNEY United States Patent HAlR-CURLER Barbara Anne Jurewicz, Erie, Pa. Application Novembenl), 1953, Serial No. 393,413

2 Claims. Cl. 132-43 This invention is a hair-curler particularly adapted to pin curls. The curler is in the form of a spool having an arbor on which the tress is wound and flanges at each end of the arbor, one of which lies flat against the head and has a bayonet slot receiving the tress. Preferably, the spool is made in two parts, one part comprising the arbor and one end flange and the other part comprising the other end flange.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective of the curler at the start of the curling operation; Fig. 2 is a similar view with the curl wound in place; Fig. 3 is a perspective of the top part of the curler; Fig. 4 is a perspective of the bottom part of the curler; and Fig. 5 is a detail of the catch holding the curler parts together.

The curler has an arbor 1 on which the tress of hair is wound with flanges 2 and 3 at opposite ends of the arbor. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the curler is preferably made in two pieces, the bottom part of the curler comprising the arbor 1 and the flange 2 and the top part of the curler comprising the other flange 3 with a hollow hub 4 which telescopes within the hollow upper end of the arbor 1. In order to hold the two parts of the curler together, the arbor 1 is provided with two longitudinal ribs 5 on its inner surface which, as shown in Fig. 4, are spaced apart to provide slots 6 receiving projections 7 at opposite sides of the lower end of the hub 4. After the hub 4 is inserted within the arbor 1, the hub can easily be rotated a fraction of a turn to snap the projections 7 into depressions 8 in the lower ends of the ribs 5 thereby releasably holding the two parts of the curler in assembled relation. The projections 7 and the depressions 8 form an easily releasable catch for holding the parts of the curler together.

In the use of the curler, the flange 2 rests tightly against the scalp and a tress 9 or hair is received in a bayonet slot 10 in the flange 2. The bayonet slot has an entrance 11 which preferably faces in the opposite direction to that inwhich the tress is to be wound and an inner section 12 adjacent the arbor in which the tress is received at the start of the curling operation. The tress is curled by winding around the arbor in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 3, thereby producing the spiral curl characteristic of pin curls. When the tress is completely wound around the arbor 1, it is fastened 2,742,046 Patented Apr. 17, 1956 ice in place on the arbor preferably by a ribbon 13 fastened to the underside of the flange 2 and extending up through the entrance portion 11' of the bayonet slot 10. The ribbon 13 is wound in a clockwise direction over the tress and is then fastened in place by inserting the free end in a friction slot 14 in the flange 3.

After the curl is set, the curler is removed by first unwinding the ribbon 13 and then turning the flange 3 relative to the lower part of the curler so as to bring the projections 7 within the slots 6 after which the upper part of the curler is lifted oil. The lower part of the curler is then removed so as to bring the tress 9 out of the bayonetslot 10 after which the curl can easily be slipped off the upper end of the arbor 1.

The curler can be used for making curls wound from the outer end of the tress 9 toward the scalp by inserting a hobby pin 15 through a hole 16 in the flange 3 and the other side of the hobby pin between ribs 17 in the hollow hub 4. The ribs 17 prevent twisting of the hobby pin 15 which grips the outer end of the tress against the arbor 1 so the tress can be wound about the arbor. When wound in place, the curl is fastened by the ribbon 13 in the same manner as the pin curl.

What is claimed as new is:

I. In a hair-curler, a hollow arbor having at its lower end an outwardly projecting flange adapted to lie flat against the scalp with the outer end of the arbor projecting outwardly therefrom, said flange having a bayonet slot therein extending inward to the arbor for receiving a tress of hair to be wound in a curl on the arbor, a removable member having a hub telescoped within the outer end of the arbor and a flange projecting radially outward from the outer end of the arbor, catch means releasably securing said member to the arbor comprising an outwardly extending projection on said hub and means forming a depression within the arbor complementary to said projection, and means for fastening the curl to the arbor.

2. In a hair-curler, an arbor having at its lower end an outwardly projecting flange adapted to lie flat against the scalp with the outer end of the arbor projecting outwardly therefrom, another flange at the outer end of the arbor projecting radially outward therefrom, said first flange having a bayonet slot therein extending from the periphery of the flange inward to the arbor for re-.

ceiving a tress of'hair to be wound in a curl on the arbor, a ribbon having one end fastened to the underside of the first flange and its free end extending through the bayonet slot in position to be wound over the curl to fasten the same to the arbor, and a friction slot in said other flange for gripping the free end of the ribbon to hold the ribbon in place after winding over the curl.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,595,645 Davis a May 6, 1952' 

